Suspenders



PATENTED JAN. 26, 1904.

H. G. MAGWILLIAM.

SUSPENDERS.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 18, 1902.

Nb MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented January 26, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,774, dated January 26, 1904.

Application filed April 18, 1902. Serial No. 103,543. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH GORDON MAC- WILLIAM, residing at New Rochelle, in the county of WVestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspenders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvenients in suspenders of the class wherein the shoulderstraps are connected with the back member or members by means of a flat strap of webbing or other suitable material passing runningly through loops upon the shoulder-straps or back members. As in suspenders of this class the running-straps do not run from side to side in the same plane across the wearers body, but pass through the loops from back to front or front to back, thereby to a certain extent doubling upon themselves, the strain upon the loops is partially torsional and tends to twist the webbing to which the loops are attached and the straps are apt to rub against each other and impede their free working. Furthermore, when the straps are pulled they have a tendency to work over to the closed ends of the loops, so that their edges come in frictional contact therewith.

It is the object of my present invention to obviate these and other defects.

To that end my invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is an elevation of the back of a pair of suspenders embodying my invention, so much only of the shoulder-straps being shown as is necessary to illustrate the invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 is aside view of the same, showing the parts partly broken away. Fig. 4 is a detail showing a modified form of back suspender-end, and Fig. 5 is a side view of the same.

As shown in the drawings, the shoulderstraps A are independent of each other, and each strap is provided at the rear end with a metal loop B, to one side of which the shoulder-strap is attached. The other side is preferably bowed outwardly away from the end of the shoulder-strap, and over it passes runningly the connecting-strap C, hereinafter described. The ends of the running-strap O are connected with the back Suspender-end D in any desired way. In Figs. 4 and 5 they are shown secured directly upon the back of the tabs d, comprising the rear Suspender-end, by stitching 2, while in Figs. 1 and 2 the suspender-end. is formed at the top with an auxiliary or union piece E, upon the back of which are secured by stitching 3 boththe tabs'cZ and the ends of the connecting-strap C. To conceal and protect the meeting or overlapping edges of the connecting-strap and the trouserstabs, as well as to give strength to the joint, I prefer to secure upon the back of the suspender-end a covering-piece H of suitable material. As shown in the drawings, this piece is secured to the Suspender-end by the stitching 3, which serves also to secure the ends of the connecting-strap C and the tabs to the part E. The rear suspender-end may be provided with suitable means, such as the buttonholes 4, for attachment to the rear of the trousers.

Secured to the suspender-end D, and preferably upon the outer side thereof, by suitable means, such as the staple F is a loop G, having its upper side free and preferably turned outwardly away from the plane of the Suspender-end and bowed upwardly there from, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The running-strap O passes from its point of attachment to the Suspender-end first to and through the loop B upon the adjacent shoulder-strap over the bowed side of the loop, thence downwardly to and through the loop G upon the Suspender-end under the bowed side of the loop, thence upwardly to and through the loop B upon the other shoulder-strap andback to the point of connection with the suspenderend, passing runningly through the loops B and G.

It will be evident that by securing the loop G and the ends of the connecting-strap O to the rear Suspender-end, so that the upper bar or side of the loop will lie in a different vertical plane from the secured ends of the strap O, and particularly by having the loop G bent outwardly away from the plane of the Suspender-end, the running parts of the strap G are kept away from the fixed parts thereof and from the suspender-end, thereby avoiding the friction which would result if the running parts were in contact with the fixed parts. It will also be seen that by securing the ends of the connecting-strap C to the Suspender-end the tendency of the Suspender-end to twist is counteracted. My invention is not limited to any form of Suspender-end or means of connection with the trousers.

It is evident that various modifications may be made without departing from the principle or" my invention, the scope of which is defined in the claims.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.

1. A pair of suspenders comprising, in combination, a pair of shoulder-straps provided each with a terminal loop, a back suspenderend, means for connecting the suspender-end with the rear of the trousers, a loop carried by the Suspender-end, said loop having its upper part free and turned outwardly away from the plane of the Suspender-end, and a flat strap passing runningly through said loop and having its ends secured to the Suspender-end, and passing intermediately on either side through the loop upon the adjacent shoulder-strap.

2. A pair of suspenders comprising, in cornbination, a pair of shoulder-straps provided each with a terminal loop, a back suspenderend, means for connecting the Suspender-end with the rear of the trousers, a loop secured upon the outer side of the Suspender-end, and a flat strap passing runningly through said loop and having its ends secured upon the under side of the suspender-end, and passing intermediately on either side through the loop upon the adjacent shoulder-strap.

3. A pair of suspenders comprising, in combination, shoulder-straps provided each with a terminal loop, a back suspender-end at the rear, means for connecting the Suspender-end with the rear of the trousers, a loop carried by the suspender-end and having its upper side bowed upwardly, a fiat strap having its ends secured to the Suspender-end and passing runningly in succession through the loop upon the adjacent shoulder strap, thence downwardly through the loop upon the suspenderend, thence upwardly through the loop upon the other shoulder-strap and thence back to the Suspender-end.

4:. A pair of suspenders comprising, in combination, shoulder-straps provided each with a terminal loop, a back suspender-end at the rear, means for connecting the Suspender-end with the rear of the trousers, an upwardlybowed loop carried by the Suspender-end, the upper part of the loop being turned outwardly away from the plane of the Suspender-end, and a flat strap passing runningly through said loopand having its ends secured to the suspender-end, and passing intermediately on either side through the loop upon the adjacent shoulder-strap.

5. A pair of suspenders comprising, in combination, a pair of shoulder-straps provided, each, with a terminal loop, a back suspenderend and means for connecting it with the rear of the trousers, a loop carried by the suspender-end, and a flat connecting-strap passing runningly through the loop upon the suspender-end and having its ends secured to the Suspender-end and passing intermediately on either side. through the loop upon the adjacent shoulder-strap, the upper side of the loop carried by the Suspender-end lying in a different vertical plane from the secured ends of the connecting-strap, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HUGH GORDON MACWILLIAM.

WVitnesses:

WALTER E. STEVES, WILLIAM HETTINGER. 

